Fading Ads of Detroit

by Robert C. Allen

Book Overview

Detroit Free Press journalist Robert Allen sifts through these advertising fossils, exposing the gripping stories connected to the Motor City's historic rises, falls and eccentricities.

Across Detroit, fleeting symbols of the past hide in plain sight, behind weeds and under veneers of paint. Demolishing a vacant building among empty storefronts on the west side uncovered the telltale gold and green of a Vernors Ginger Ale sign,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467138770
• ISBN13: 9781467138772
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"